History of the United States of America, Volume 9 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of James MadisonAdams, Henry
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History of the United States of America, Volume 9 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of James Madison
Adams, Henry
United States -- History -- 1801-1809; United States -- History -- 1809-1817
“Guerriere,” British frigate, vi. 25;
“Little Belt” mistaken for, 26–30;
Captain Dacres, commander of, 37;
joins Broke’s squadron, 368;
chases “Constitution,” 370;
captured by “Constitution,” 372–375;
consternation produced throughout Great Britain by capture of,
vii. 5, 6, 24;
Captain Dacres on capture of, 7;
the “Times” on conduct of, 14;
relative loss compared with “Shannon,” 299;
loss inflicted by, compared with that inflicted by “Cyane” and
“Levant,” ix. 78;
effect of battle of, 229.
Gulf-stream considered by Jefferson as American waters, iii. 129,
405, 424.
Gunboats, arguments for and against, iii. 352;
Jefferson’s policy adopted by Congress, iv. 158–160;
Secretary Hamilton’s remarks on, v. 168;
attack British frigate “Junon,” vii. 270;
captured on Lake Borgne, viii. 335, 336;
ordered to be sold, ix. 87.
Gunnery, naval, of American gunboats in the affair with the British
frigate “Junon,” vii. 270;
of the battery on Craney Island, 274;
of the “Hornet” and “Peacock,” 290;
of the “Shannon” and “Chesapeake,” 292, 298–301;
of the “Argus” and “Pelican,” 306–308;
superiority of American, 319; viii. 210;
Michael Scott on, vii. 322;
relative superiority at Plattsburg, viii. 106, 109; ix. 234;
of the “Peacock” and “Epervier,” viii. 183, 184;
of the “Wasp” and “Reindeer,” 187;
of the “Wasp” and “Avon,” 190–192;
of the “President” and “Endymion,” ix. 69, 70;
of the “Hornet” and “Penguin,” 72;
of the “Constitution,” “Cyane,” and “Levant,” 75–78;
relative superiority of American, 229–235.
(See Artillery.)
Habeas Corpus, bill for the suspension of, defeated in Congress,
iii. 338, 340.
Halifax, blockaded by privateers in 1814, viii. 194, 195.
“Halifax,” British sloop-of-war, desertion of seamen from, iv. 2.
Hall, Basil, i. 164;
his account of the practice of the British frigates blockading
New York, iii. 92.
Hall, Bolling, member of Congress from Georgia, moves resolutions
authorizing issue of legal-tender treasury-notes, viii. 253,
254.
Hall, ------, captain of marines on the “Chesapeake,” iv. 11.
Hamilton, Alexander, i. 85, 86, 108, 277;
Talleyrand’s remark concerning, 352; ii. 168;
opposes Burr for governor, 176, 177;
not in favor of disunion projects, 184;
his opposition to Burr, 185 _et seq._;
his duel with Burr, 186 _et seq._;
mourned by the Federalists, 190.
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